Tarek Masoud, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, John F. Kennedy School of Government, gives a brief history of the role of Islam and Sharia Law in the Egyptian Constitution, an important issue in upcoming elections, during his presentation in the Bowie-Vernon Room of CGIS on Thursday.

Alfredo Corchado, a 2009 Nieman Fellow, and Angela Kocherga listen as Alejandro A. Poire Romero '02, of the Mexico National Security Council discusses the response of the Mexican government to drug-related gang violence in Mexico at the IOP yesterday. According to Poire, "90 percent of [drug-related, violent] crimes occur in local jurisdiction."